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Prof Mutua should stop irking the victims of protests and their kin

Prof Makau Mutua during an interview at Spice FM. [File, Standard]

Prof Makau Mutua and I come from a community with a proverbial saying, mutinda na mukundu ndaema ukunduka, loosely translating to, he who enjoys the company of people with skin epidemics, will also get disease-ridden.

Now you know why the good old professor is about to start itching and scratching his shiny head. I have had a lot of respect for Prof Mutua for many reasons. One, because he is my elder brother, and besides that, I looked upon him and the likes of Dr Willy Mutunga as people who walked the straight and non-conformist path in the wilderness of oppression, repression and violations.

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